Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

एवं जानन्नरो यस्तु तत्र स्नान विचक्षणः । आचरेद्विधिना श्राद्धं स तस्याः फलभाग्भवेत्

Transliteration

evaṃ jānannaro yastu tatra snāna vicakṣaṇaḥ | ācaredvidhinā śrāddhaṃ sa tasyāḥ phalabhāgbhavet

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ അറിഞ്ഞ് അവിടെ സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് വിധിപ്രകാരം ശ്രാദ്ധം ആചരിക്കുന്ന വിവേകി, അതിന്റെ പൂർണ്ണഫലത്തിൽ പങ്കാളിയാകുന്നു.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus)

• जानन्: knowing
• जानन्: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (Agent qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु) → जानत् (कृदन्त-शतृ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त — Masculine, Nominative, Singular; present active participle

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular (relative pronoun)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (adverb of place)

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• विचक्षणः: discerning/wise
• विचक्षणः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विचक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• आचरेत्: should perform
• आचरेत्: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद — Optative, 3rd person, Singular

• विधिना: according to rule/rite
• विधिना: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular (pronoun)

• तस्याः: of her/of that (river)
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन — Feminine, Genitive, Singular (pronoun)

• फलभाग्: a sharer of the fruit (merit)
• फलभाग्: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate noun)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल + भाग् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular; समासः तत्पुरुष (फलस्य भागः यस्य)

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद — Optative, 3rd person, Singular

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the assembled Ṛṣis (contextual attribution within Māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ṛṣitoyā (Mahodaya)

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-sage at the riverbank after bathing, arranging kuśa grass and offering tilodaka; pitṛs are shown subtly receiving offerings in a luminous ancestral realm; the river glows with layered identities.

Characters & Entities

• Snāna
• Śrāddha
• Ṛṣitoyā/Mahodaya (implied tīrtha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit arises from knowledge joined to right practice—understanding the tīrtha and performing rites with proper vidhi.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mahodaya/Ṛṣitoyā tīrtha in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) at the tīrtha and Śrāddha (ancestral offerings) performed according to prescribed rules.